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James Thurber

1894 - 1961

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James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. He was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker and collected in his numerous books. Thurber was one of the most popular humorists of his time and celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Thurber has received more than 1,215,637 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). James Thurber is the 3,940th most popular writer (down from 3,777th in 2019), the 5,136th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,060th in 2019) and the 420th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Thurber ranks 3,940 out of 7,302. Before him are Vasily Trediakovsky, Christiane Amanpour, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Francisco Coloane, Aleksei Kruchyonykh, and Elizabeth Strout. After him are William of Apulia, Josefina Pla, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, John Norman, Arundhati Roy, and Yuri Rytkheu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, James Thurber ranks 161. Before him are Tibor Déry, Berdi Kerbabayev, Walter Piston, Alfred Berger, José Bustamante y Rivero, and Ernesto Ambrosini. After him are Henry Daniell, Vladimir Triandafillov, Goro Yamada, Edgar Jung, Oskar Maria Graf, and Wilhelm Hasse. Among people deceased in 1961, James Thurber ranks 118. Before him are Nadezhda Udaltsova, Elia Dalla Costa, Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Richmond K. Turner, Grigory Levenfish, and Beppo Levi. After him are Giulio Cabianca, Maneca, Eduard Tisse, Jeff Chandler, Ralf Törngren, and Olav Bjaaland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Thurber ranks 5,136 out of 20,380. Before him are Greta Gerwig (1983), Johnny Thunders (1952), Carlos Hathcock (1942), Ross Ulbricht (1984), Elizabeth Strout (1956), and Tony Accardo (1906). After him are Eileen Heckart (1919), Stephen Root (1951), Sid Haig (1939), Ann Blyth (1928), John Norman (1931), and Eugene Parker (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Thurber ranks 420. Before him are Michael Blake (1945), Carrie Nation (1846), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), Elmer Rice (1892), and Elizabeth Strout (1956). After him are John Norman (1931), Susanna Kaysen (1948), Pauline Kael (1919), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Ralph Ellison (1914), and Tad Williams (1957).

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